Comment: Visiondivision's proposal for this vertical zoo is very innovative; it is almost like a sustainable skyscraper for animals. From enclosured zoos to safari park, our vision of zoos is once more changed by this bold and creative proposal. It also invokes us to thinking about the energy we used in maintaining a zoo. In order to create an artificial climate that is resemble to the original habitat of animals, traditional zoos uses a lot of energy in maintaining the temperature, humidity and so on. The proposal of Eden Fall makes us to think about how to create and reuse these energy by the zoo itself. The idea of use the energy of waterfall by turbine and generator is very smart, and the vertical division of areas for different animals employed the same idea of vertical plant zonation. However, there are still a lot of issues left in terms of the project's practicality. Afterall, animals are unlike plants, they may not be that easily vertically arranged as plants' vertical zonation; will certain animals feel unconfortable of living on the 5th floor of an apartment? Also, the pumping of the water to such a high level also seems to be a big problem-- the energy generated by turbines may barely compensate for the pumping power. But in all, I still think this project is a very interesting idea that's worth building. Maybe the revenues generated by zoo admission fees can sustain its cost pretty well.
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